Ventriculitis: A rare case of primary cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patient and literature review

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-104

  Cota, Gláucia Fernandes ^a,c   Assad, Elisa Caroline Pereira ^a   Christo, Paulo Pereira ^a   Giannetti, Alexandre Varella ^b   dos Santos Filho, José Augusto Malheiros ^b   Xavier, Marcelo Antonio Pascoal ^b  

^a Eduardo de Menezes Hospital   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Department of Pathologic Anatomy ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cerebral toxoplasmosis; Hydrocephalus; Ventriculitis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; EFAVIRENZ; FOLINIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISONIAZID; LAMIVUDINE; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFADIAZINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VOMITING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 48249113768     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702008000100022     Document Type: Article

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